Wardrobe



INVENTOR Edward B. 'rcmjr BY a0 W M ATTORNEY Nov. 5, 1929. E. B. GREEN,JR

WARDROBE Filed May 6, 1929 Patented Nov. 5, 1929 if". TAT

UNITED amass WARDROBE 1 Application filed May 6,

The present invention relates to wardrobes or clothes closets, and isaimed to provide a simple construction whereby a highly efficient use ismade of available space and the doors of the wardrobe will be pushedpartly back into the wardrobe when they are open.

The essential feature of my invention is that I supply a pivot removedback a substantial distance from the plane of the door in such a manneras to support the weight of the door, and connect the door to this pivotat least in part by a bar on which ordinary clothes hangers can be hung.I have found that the cheapest Way to arrange this pivot is to supply amember inside the wardrobe running from the top to the bottom thereof towhich the door is connected, but if preferred I may use two separatepivot members one at the top and one at the bottom.

My invention can readily be understood by reference to the illustrativeexamples shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is asectional view through a wardrobe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is afront view of a portion of such wardrobe; Fig. 3

is a sectional plan view corresponding to Fig. 1 showing a slightmodification, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig.

3 showing details of the hinge construction 3 used in Fig. 3.

The wardrobe (which may eitherbe built in the wall or made as a completeunit) is here shown as comprising a back member 10, two side members 12and two members 14 which extend a short distance across the face.

The doors 16 meet in the middle and are bevelled near their outer edgesto match up with the members 14. The pivots about which the doors moveare positioned well back of the plane of the doors and in this exampleeach is shown as being slightly to the side of the center of its door.In the present instance such pivots are made up of apipe 18, mounted inthe top and bottom bearings 20 and 22, in which the pipe 18 pivots.

A bar 24 connects the upper part of the central portion of the doorwiththe pivot 18,

and a similar lower bar 26 connects the lower paljtof the door with thepivot. An additional bar 28 is supplied which is substan- 1929. Serialit 360,638.

'tial'ly a continuation of the bar 24. These bars maybeformed ofordinary pieces'of pipeand the entire device, except the pivots '20 and22, can be assembled from usual pipe fittings. Thecoat hangers, as 30,maybe 5 hungfrom the bars 24 and 28, which may be considered asformingjointly an upper door support bar. f

W'ith this construction, the doors may be made no wider than the coathangersandthe. parts may be so proportioned that the ends of the coathangers will extend across in back ofthe' front portions ofthe'enclosure so that all of the space in the enclosure will be" usedefliciently. The doors are preferably supplied with knobs as indicatedat by which they can be opened. I p When the doors are'shut, 'a pull ona knob 32 will start the door 16 pivoting around the pipe 18. This meansthat, as the front-edge of the door comes forward, the outer edge willmove back into the wardrobe. At the same time, the bar #28 "will swing'with. the door and the clothes will be swung around into suchpositionthat they are readily accessible from the'front or the wardrobe andactually extend out of the wardrobe. The device operates very easily,fort-he weight of the clothes is not carriedby the door but is carriedon themeta'l pivot and as thebars 24 and 28 are'rigidly connectedtogether, the weight of the clothesori the bar 28 is balended bytheweight of the 'doorto keep the thrust more or less directly on thebottom bearing." In the modification shown *in Fig. '3 the front panel14 is madenarrowerthan the correspondingpanel'14 of Fig. 1 and the outeredge of the door 16 is much closer to the end 12 of the enclosure. Inorder that the door 16 may clear the side of the enclosure, anadditional pivot is provided between the bar 24 and the door. This pivotcomprises a member 34 attached to the door and connected by a pivot pin35 to amember 9'. 36 attached to the bar 24. Member 34 is provided witha pin 38 which cooperates with stops 40 on the member 36 to limit therelative amount of movement of the two members 34 and 36.

In Fig. 3 the door 16 is shown as open and ,is shown in closed positionand in two intermediate positions in broken lines. If the door is closedand one pulls on a knob 32 the door will first swing into position Aflexing about pin 35. A further pull on the knob 32 will cause the mainpivot 18 to rotate, and the door and upper support bar will move intoposition B where the outer edge of the door just clears the side 12 ofthe enclosure. ,On further pivoting about themain pivot 18 the edge ofthe door which is swung back into the cabinet will strike vention.

the stop 42 (arranged on either the top or bottom of the cabinet) andwill swing into position C or the open position shown in full lines.While this form is slightly more expensiveto produce than that shown inFigs. 1 and 2, it may be useful wherethe space availableis of a shapethat does not readily lend itselfto the other form of structure.

It is to be understood that-the examples are given only by way ofillustration and may be modified inmany particulars without departingfrom the spirit of my in- I claim:

.1. In an enclosure adapted for use as a wardrobe or the like, asubstantially fiat door, a vertical pivot bar inside the plane of thedoor held against substantial lateral movement, support armsconnecting'the door with said pivot bar whereby the door issupported-bythe pivotbar, and a clothes support bar: connected with thepivot bar and extending, from the pivot bar in a direction away from thedoor andadapted to move with said support arms.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, in which the door is connectedto the support arms bya hinged joint permitting relative movement of thedoor and support arms.

3. In an enclosure adapted for use as a wardrobe or the like, a doortherefor, arms extending back, fromthe central portion of the dooradapted to support the door, means for supporting such arms to pivotabout a line a substantial distance inside the plane of the door, and anextension for the upper of said arms which moves with such upper arm andis adapted to serve as a support for clothes or the like.

EDWARD B. GREEN, J 11.,

